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Budget web hosting service
- Price
- Generous space
- 99.995 % uptime
- Excellent email support
- No phone support
- Surprise account suspension possible
Reviews recommend PolurNET as a budget web host with low prices and good customer service. The cheapest plan, Basic Paw LITE, includes 150 MB of disk space and a monthly bandwidth of up to 6 GB -- plenty for a family or hobby website. As your website grows, upgraded plans are available. The main complaint we found was that if your site grows suddenly – from unexpected publicity, for example, and you use more than the agreed-upon CPU usage -- your account will be suspended suddenly, right at the time you need it most. If you think this might be a problem, consider a more expensive web host such as Webstrike Solutions ($30 fee for first year; $8 per month and up thereafter).
Nearly 400 users rate PolurNET at VistaInter.com, which also monitors the host's uptime, and WebHostingJury.com is another good source of user-written reviews. One well-publicized account suspension and followup is discussed at MyBiggestComplaint.com (ironically, the site suspended) with further discussion at Website Hosting Talk. We also found a few user-written reviews at WebHostingStuff.com.
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PolurNET gets overwhelmingly positive reviews here, with 380 positive and only 11 negative. This review site also monitors uptime, finding PolurNET up 99.995 percent of the time.
Review: PolurNET.com, Contributors to VistaInter.com
Over 120 users give PolurNET near-perfect average ratings for reliability, support and pricing. Users report outstanding email support and say this web host keeps its server software current.
Review: PolurNET Web Hosting Reviews, Contributors to WebHostingJury.com
This customer reports that when unexpected publicity brought a rush of visitors, the site was shut down just when most needed. Email resolution was very slow, and the proposed emergency upgrade quite expensive.
Review: Web Hosting Hostage Crises Our Experience with Polurnet, Contributor to MyBiggestComplaint.com, July 2007
This forum discusses the same disagreement between PolurNET and a customer who exceeded the CPU usage limit.
Review: Polurnet, Contributors to WebsiteHostingTalk.com
A handful of users review PolurNET here, (the most recent in April 2008), giving it top marks and praising the prompt technical support.
Review: PolurNET reviews, Contributors to WebHostingStuff.com